Paper roll stand



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Patented Sept. 22, 1936 ens a s 2,055,371 l: V [PAPER ROLL STAND 4 7 Henry; A. Wise Wood, New York; N. Y., assignor to,Wood:=Newspaper- Machinery Corporation, New York, N. Y.', a. corporation ofVii-ginia Application January'16, 1934, Serial No. 706,794 RenewedzFebruary 1. 7, 1936 39 claims. (01: 242-64) This invention relates to. a roll=supportingde vice of the. magazine. reel type for rotatably supporting a plurality of .web rolls'for feeding the webs to the.press.. s

. The, principal objects of the invention are to facilitate the'mounting of the paper'rolls.

Other objects and advantages of the i'nventiom will, appear hereinafter.

Reference. isxto' :be had (toav the accompanying drawings, in: which a r I Fig. 1 is a; front elevation of aweb-roll suppor-ting reel comprising avpreferred embodiment of this invention; i

Fig:. 2:;is'an end view of. the same Eig .,33.is:a sectionaliview throughthe center of; the meansior changing the speed of operation for the two purposes mentioned;

i is: a sectional v-i'ew;.on the line 4-4= of @Eig. isa 'seotionaal viewhnme line 55 of 3;; r I it Eig; 7i is-la. sectional view: of the retractable chuck mechanism, and:

Eigzflfi is a. sectional view of the samevonthe s This invention is best-fitted for: use with" a newspaper printing press where it isnecessary -to replenish the rolls efii'cientl'yand with ease-andto shift the spiders to accommodate rolls or feeding of: webs outside the newspaper art.

Between editions, it often happens thatit is necessary to change the r011 widtir in orderto.

obtainadifferent number oi pages on the printed product. Ina a previous application (Serial N0.

= 6-I0;7.48,1fi1ed-'May 1 2; 1932, now Patent 1,957,122; dated iM'ayi '1, 1934 I have shown and described a web roll stand having means for shifting the spidersior side register or for shifting one ofthem to accoommod'atea roll of a difi'erent width Whens shifting the two spiders for side register,

no high speed 'is desired; but this invention is designedtouse the same mechanism and yet pr-o vide ahigher speed for shifting one of the spiders" to: accommodate-rolls of diffrent widths. The operating: lever" of this: shifting device operates through a path which is normally occupied by awebv roll so thatsit prevents the leverfromibeing thrown to neutral or to the high spee'd when the roll' is in place and the machine being op eratedtosimprovez the sideregister; r i

usual pedestals l and are shown -toprovide-i supports for the central main: shaft of the reel by means 0; rotatable bearings ifixed to. the shaft 3. A worm wheel 51-is secured to:

the shait t which mesheswith a worm fi driven 10 amotor 1. This is the usual means for rotat ing; the reel. Two spiders 8 and S make-up the restmof the. reel and they aremounted on the shaftrs3 andilsecuredi against." rotation thereori by a feather "I 0.7 However, they are capable of 1on--.

gitudinal: motion, either together: or independe ently along the shaft. .Each spider 8 and- 9 carries; asausual a plurality of rotatable spindles lzl and. t2 on which: maybe mounted the paper rolls R. insuch a manner thatone of them may feed: the webstofla printing press-notshowri.

On one;of:.thez'bearingsi i is mounteda motor l-3 which. rotates with the bearing and with the reel as. the latter is: turnedt The motor shaft carries acpinion t4 meshing witha" gear l5 secured t o-la splinedshaft IS, the other e'ndof which shaft is supported the other bearing: block '4 aiatheother end of the" shaft -Fi'gs.- -3 to 6-- s'how' that the shaft i6= penetrates the spider 9 throughacavity, at the ends of which-are mount ed thrust: washers I 1: and I8. 'In this cavit'y, on thezshaft is; fixed ag-worm l9 which is secured against rotation. with respect to-the shaft 1 6 by keys 2m. These keys are held in place by thethrust washers I? and I8 so that when the spider ilsis=moved longitudina1ly, these keys travel al'ong theshaftwiththe worm IS. The worm-l Smeshes witha a straightiace gear 2l -rotatably mounted on: the shaft 22; This shaft? 22' is supported by aab'earing in the spider 9 and a removable bearing: 23. secured to the spider. By appropriate shoulders on the shaft-ZZ'; the removablebearing 235 serves -to -keep the shaft -fixed in longitudinal relatiomi s 7 On the upper end of the shaft Z2 is mounted a pinion 24 me'shing 'with-arack -25 securedto and extending alongthe-shaitti onuthisshaft 22 is s1idab1- y splined a clutch- 26; Itcarriesteeth Z1 atoneend' cooperating with complementary, teeth 28 on the gear 21 and" teeth 29- on the other endfor cooperating: mth compiementary teeth 30 of a; gear 32 which also is rotatably mountedion-the-shaf-t 22;; 'These parts of course are duplicated at the other ends l a back gearing as will be obvious.

- and the power will be transmitted from the shaft:

In full lines in Fig. 5 the handle 36 is shown in the neutral position so that the clutch 26 is not in contact with either of the two driving gears 2| or 32. The gear 2l meshes witha 7 smaller gear fixed on a shaft 4| and on this shaft is also fixed, or integral, a larger gear- 42 meshing with the gear 32..

handle 36 is thrown from the neutral to thepo sition marked Slow in Fig. 5, it is evident that the clutch teeth 21 and28 will cooperate sothat the, clutch is directly connected to the. .gear;2l. Now when the motor I 3 is connected with its power, power is transmitted from it to the shaft I6, worm l9, gear 2|, and clutch. 26 to rotate the shaft 22 at a slow speed to cause the pinion .24 to walk along the rack 25 for adjusting side register. The motor I3 is reversible so that the spider may be shifted in either direction. Of course, in this caseboth spiders are connected with the power by the operation of both handles 36. j .When the handle 36 is in the slow position (Fig. 5) for side register and the rolls are in place on thereel, the handle cannot be turned back to neutral position becauseit would engage the end of the roll (see Fig. 1).

When it is desired to shift either spider .to adjust the reel forrolls of difierent width, the above describedmechanismv is too slowand forv that purpose the back gearingand double clutch are introduced. 'Inthis case the handle 36 is moved to the position marked Fast/fin Fig. 5 and the clutch 26 will move, in the opposite di-. rection so that the teeth,29 and.36 are in mesh [6 through the worm l9, gears 2|, .40, 42 and 32 at a higher rate of. speed. It is. apparent that the chain of gearing is such, that the clutch 26,

will be made to run faster than .when it was clutcheddirectly withthe gear..2l and that it causes the shaft 22 to rotate at a higher speed. This walks the'pinion 24 along the rack 25. and shifts the spiders, or one of them, at a faster rate.

It will be noted that there is a handle 36 at each end of the machine and it is intended ordinarily to employ this higher speed for one spider at a time leaving the other clutch in neutral po-. sition. A cap 43 is providedfor. covering the openings in the spiders 8 and, 9 which houses the pinion 24. A cover 44 is used to close the housing containing the gear shift. Each spider, of course, carries a similar shifting arrangement as has been stated.

A simple means is alsoprovided for operating each .tractable spindle 12 which is carried in one of the spiders ,9 to facilitatethemounting of the paperrolls, This is shown'in Figs. 7 and 8. In

this case the spider 9 has a ho1e.45 bored inthe end of each. of its arms for the mounting of the chuck-46. A keyway 41, in thischuck cooperates with a guide pin 48 to permit short longitudinal motion but to prevent any rotatable motion of thej-chuck, A; worm 49 is centrally located.in

is an operating arm 59. retractable dowel 60 which may be operated by a handle fi l against the opposition of a spring 62.

This constitutes a When the chuck 46 and has one end supported in a hole 50 and the other carried in plug 4641 which is held in place by a screw 52, half in the plug and half in the chuck. A hand wheel 53 is pinned to the outside end of the worm 49 for the purpose of rotating it. The worm 49 rotates a gear 54 on a transverse shaft 55 mounted in bushings 56 and 51. on the spider 9. On oneend this shaft has attached to it a collar 58 and on its other end This arm 59 carries a A plate 63 is secured to the spider 9 and provided with a hole 64 to receive the dowel pin.

When the dowelpin is inserted in the hole 64 the chuck is then 'in its operative position and stays inthat position. This places the spindle I2 in the dotted line position in Fig. 8 or the full line position in Fig. 1.

The outer race of a ball bearing 65 at the end of the chuck 46 is secured to the spindle l2 by a washer 66. .Theinner race is carried on they chuck 46 and secured thereto by a washer.

61. Of course, a similar construction is provided oneach armof the spider. Therefore, it is apparent that the spindles. ll carried in the spider 8 may be stationary longitudinally but rotatable on their axes. Also when the arm 59 is moved to such position that the dowel enters the hole 64 the hand wheel 53 will be free to be turned to'move one of the spindles l2 toward or from the paper roll in an axial direction. This constitutes .a simple construction so that a finer regulation of the rotatable chucks maybe obtained bya single means.

Having thus described my invention and the advantages'thereof, I do not wish. to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than.

roll into the proper position for feeding the web therefrom, said support comprising a pair of ends movable along the support, means for moving said ends along the support 'slowlyfor side-registering the roll, and means for moving said ends along the support rapidly, for the purpose of shifting them to accommodate rolls of' different lengths'.

v, 3. In a paper roll support, the combination of acentral shaft,.a pair of spiders .on said shaft having means for supporting one or more web rolls,'means for rotating the shaft, means rotatable with the shaft ;for, moving the two spiders slowly for the purposeof side-registering the rolls, and meanswhereby one of said spiders can be moved morerapidly along the shaftfor the purposeof accommodating rolls of a diiferentlength.-

V 4. In aweb roll supporting-device, the combination of a centralshaft, a pair of spiders longitudinally' movable on the shaft and having means for supporting one or more Web'rolls between the spiders, means rotatable withtheshaft for moving the two spiders simultaneously along the-shaft. at a slow speed. for side registering purposes, and means cooperating therewith and driven thereby for moving either one of said spiders along the shaft at a higher speed for accommodating the device for supporting 'rollsof a different length.

5. In-a reel for supporting web rolls, the combmation. with acentral shaft, means for rotating it, and a pair of spiders movably mounted on said shaft, of a motor rotatable with the shaft, a rack fixed to the shaft, each spider carrying a pinion meshing with said rack and independent means on each spider for connecting the motor with the corresponding pinion, whereby the motor can be used to move both spiders through the operation of the pinions on the rack for side register or to move one of the spiders to accommodate the reel to rolls of different lengths.

6. The combination with a rotatable reel comprising a shaft and two spiders movable along the shaft and adapted to support web rolls between them, of a motor carried by, and rotatable with, the shaft, a second shaft located parallel with the first shaft and driven by the motor, a third shaft at an angle to the first two shafts, gearing for driving the third shaft from the second shaft at two different speeds, a pinion on the third shaft, a longitudinal rack carried by the v first shaft with which said pinion meshes, said pinion being mounted on the spider, whereby the spider can be moved along the first shaft either at a slow or a high speed.

'7. The combination with a rotatable reel comprising a shaft and two spiders movable along the shaft and adapted to support web rolls between them, of a motor, a second shaft driven by the motor, a third shaft, gearing for driving the third shaft from the second shaft at two different speeds, a pinion on the third shaft, a longitudinal rack carried by the first shaft with which said pinion meshes, a handle on a spider having connections for shifting the gearing and being movable to three positions, a neutral position and one on each side for driving the pinion slowly or rapidly, the neutral and fast driving positions of the handle being such that a roll on the reel will engage the handle and prevent its being turned to either one of those positions when the reel is loaded.

8. The combination with a rotatable reel comprising a shaft and two spiders movable along the shaft and adapted to support web rolls between them, of a motor carried by, and rotatable with, the shaft, a second shaft located parallel with the first shaft and driven by the motor, a third shaft at an angle to the first two shafts, gearing for driving the third shaft from the second shaft at two different speeds, a pinion on the third shaft, said pinion being mounted on a spider, a longitudinal rack carried by the first shaft with which said pinion meshes, a handle located adjacent to the end of a roll on the reel and having connections for shifting the gearing and being movable to three positions, a neutral position and one on each side for driving the pinion slowly or rapidly, the neutral and fast driving positions of the handle being such that a roll on the reel will be engaged by the handle if it is attempted to be turned to either one of those positions when the reel is loaded.

9. The combination with a reel for supporting web rolls comprising a rotary shaft and two spiders movable along the shaft for carrying the web rolls, of a motor mounted to rotate with the shaft, a parallel shaft connected with the motor to be operated thereby, each spider having a recess therein, a worm in each recess, a key by which the worm is slidably keyed to the second shaft, a pair of thrust washers in each recess at the ends of the worm for holding the key and causing it to move along the shaft with the worm, and means operated by each worm for moving its spiders longitudinally of the shaft.

HENRY A. WISE WOOD. 

